Shane Gillis: Marcus Freeman’s ‘SNL’ appearance canceled because of Sherrone Moore

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Shane Gillis revealed on Bussin’ With The Boys that he nearly got Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman on Saturday Night Live earlier this season, but the appearance was canceled in the wake of Sherrone Moore’s firing and arrest at Michigan.

“I tried to get him on SNL this year,” Gillis said. “And it was close. We were close to getting it done. I was talking to Lorne [Michaels] about it, and we were close. We were going to have him on Weekend Update, and then something happened at the Michigan program that became the biggest story in college football, and not Notre Dame, so we couldn’t do it. For real. It was that week.”

Freeman was slated to appear on the Dec. 13 episode’s Weekend Update segment, three days after Michigan fired Moore for cause after obtaining credible evidence of an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Moore was detained the same day after allegedly breaking into the staffer’s home and threatening to harm her and himself. The story for two weeks and as The Athletic dating back to 2020.